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Date: 1100-1200
Origin: Perhaps from an unrecorded Old North French wile (singular), from Old French guile; GUILE

wiles

 noun
     
wiles [plural]
clever talk or tricks used to persuade someone to do what you want:
It was impossible to resist her feminine wiles.
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